Office



(No Model.)

W. YON BOKERN.

BOTTLE.

Patented Jan. 19

n m m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM VON BOKERN, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HERBERT HEATLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 5,675, dated January 19, 1897.

Application filed March 2 1, 1896. Serial No. 584,631. (No model.)

To all whom it may 007M367Ib. the exit of the liquid when the bottle is tipped Be it known that I, WILLIAM VON BOKERN, to the pou ring position. Below the diaphragm a citizen of the United States of America, re- 8 is located the safety device 10, which has a siding at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe limited gravity movement between the top 5 5 and State of Colorado, have invented certain of the neck and the diaphragm.

new and useful Improvements in Bottles; and The lower extremity of the device 10 con- I do declare the following to be a full, clear, sists of a short stem 10, which is surrounded and exact description of theinvention, such as by a washer 13, preferably composed of cork. will enable others skilled in the art to which When the bottle is in the upright position, to it appertains to make anduse the same, refer- (see Fig. 1,) this washer 13 engages the top ence being had to the accompanying draw- 5 of the bottles neck, which is enlarged ings, and to the figures of reference marked above the seat and projects a slight distance thereon, which form a part of this specificaabove the top of the valve. 6 5 tion; As shown-in the drawings, the device 10 is i 5 This invention relates to improvements in provided with a circumferential groove 10 bottles; and its object is to prevent the refilland exteriorly open notches 10, forming the ing of the bottle-after it has been exhausted part l0 into a mutilated ring composed of a of its original contents. A bottle that cannumber of segments. Above these segments not be refilled is a desideratum, since it preand on the opposite side of the groove 10 are 20 vents the practicing of frauds on the manulateral opening 10 communicating with verfacturer or bottler of superior goods and the tical openings 10 extending from the upper subsequent palming off on the public of an extremity of the device downward between inferior article under the guise of a superithe central tongue 10 and the outer wall ority. 10 In the upper edge of the outer wall are 25 To this end the invention consists of the formed notches l0. It must be understood features hereinafter described and claimed, that I do not limit the safety device to these all of which will be fully understood by refdetails of construction, as I am aware that erence to the accompanying drawings, in many other forms may be employed without which is illustrated an embodiment thereof. departing from the spirit of the invention. 0 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical lon- The passages for the liquid around and gitudinal section taken through the nozzle through the safety device are arranged in zigand neck of the bottle, which is broken away zag form, to the end that it may be impossible below the antirefilling mechanism. Figs. 2, to insert from the outside any instrument 3, and at are sections taken on the lines a; w, through this devious way for the purpose of 5 y y, and z .2, respectively, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is tampering with the valve.

a detail elevation of the movable safety de- The notches 10 in the safety device are lovice. cated opposite or register with the ports 8 in Similar reference-characters indicating c0rthe nozzle, so that the liquid may flow freely 9o responding parts in the Views, let the numeral when the device 10 is resting on the dia- 40 5 designate the neck of the bottle, having phragin S. The outer wall of the safety dea shoulder 5 and a seat 5 for the valve 6. vice and the inner Wall of the nozzle are Surrounding the valve-seat 5 and resting on formed correspondingly polygonal in horizonthe shoulder 5 is a washer 7, preferably comtal section for the purpose of maintaining this 5 posed of cork, but which may consist of any. relative position of said notches and ports. 5 suitable or desirable material. Upon the 1 Around the lower part of the safety device washer 7 rests the nozzle 8. The neck and the nozzle-opening 8 is considerably larger nozzle are exteriorly threaded to receive a than said device, as shown at 12, (see Fig. 1,)

connecting-sleeve 9. to the end that the liquid after escaping from Located in the upper part of the nozzle and the neck-top 5 may flow around the safety 50 formed integral therewith is a partition or device and the washer 13 on its way to the diaphragm 8, around which are formed a groove 10, while the upper part of the device number of ports 8, forming passage-ways for 10 fits closely but moves easily in the nozzle.

This is permissible since the liquid after it reaches the groove 10 flows through the safety device rather than around the same and thence to the ports 8 in the nozzle.

\Vhen the bottle is tipped to the pouring position, the safety device 10, together with the washer or cork ring 13, moves by gravity toward the top of the nozzle until stopped by the diaphragm 8. The valve 6 at the same time leaves its seat and allows the liquid to flow from the neck of the bottle around the lower part of the device 10, thence via the groove 10 the openings 10 and 10 the notches 10, and the ports 8 to the discharge extremity 8 of the nozzle, as indicated by the arrows. (See Fig. 1.) If an attempt is made to force liquid into the bottle when in an inverted position, the pressure on the safety device 10 will hold the cork ring or washer 13 in contact with the top 5 of the bottleneck, which projects upward into the nozzle above the valve, and thus prevent the inflow of the liquid.

The valve 6 is elongated. Its upper extremity is ball-shaped exteriorly, making a tight joint when the valve is seated. The lower part of the valve, which extends into the bottle below the seat. is solid, while its upper part is hollow. Hence the lower part is relatively of greater gravity than the top, thus making it more difficult to unseat the valve.

The screw-sleeve 9 should be cemented t0 the neck and nozzle, so that it cannot be removed without destroying it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination with the bottle having the. integral valve-seat formed in its neck, and a movable valve adapted to engage said seat, of the detachable nozzle provided with the diaphragm formed integral therewith, and one. or more passage-ways to allow the liquid to flow from one side of the diaphragm to the other, the movable safety device located in the nozzle between the neck and the diaphragm and normally resting on the neck which projects upward into the nozzle above the valve-seat, said device having zigzag passages, whose upper extremities register with the passages in the diaphragm, the outer wall of the safetydevice and the inner wall of the nozzle being formed correspondingly polygonal in crosssection to maintain the said relative position of the passage-ways inthe safety device and the diaphragm, and suitable means for connecting the neck and nozzle, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a bottle having an integral valve-seat formed in its neck and a shoulder surrounding said valve-seat, a washer engaging said shoulder, a valve adapted to engage said seat, a nozzle having a diaphragm formed integral therewith, and one or more passages to allow the liquid to pass from one side of the diaphragm t0 the other, and suitable means for connecting the neck and nozzle, of the movable safety device located in the nozzle between the dia phragm and the neck, said device being provided with zigzag passages, and having a short stem on its lower extremity, a packing-ring surrounding said stem and resting on the neck, which projects upward into the nozzle above the valve-seat, said ring closing the passages in the safety device from below, the nozzle opening around the lower part of the safety device being formed considerably larger than said device, while the upper extremity of the latter fits closely in the nozzle, substantially as described.

The combination with the bottle having an integral valve-seat and a shoulder surrounding said seat, a washer engaging said shoulder, a valve adapted to engage said seat, a nozzle engaging the washer around the valve-seat, said nozzle havinga diaphragm formed inte ral therewith and one or more passages to allow the liquid to pass from one side of the diaphragm to the other, and suitable means for connecting the neck and nozzle, of the movable safety device located between the neck and the diaphragm of the nozzle, said device being formed with zigzag passages adapted to register with the passages in the diaphragm, and having a short stem on its lower extremity, a packing-ring surrounding said stem and resting on the neck which projects upward into the nozzle above the valve-scat, said ring closing the passage-ways in the safety device from be low, the nozzle opening around the lower part of v the safety device being formed considerably larger than said device, while the upper extremity of said device fits closelyin the nozzle, the safety device and the inner wall of the nozzle being formed correspondingly polygonal in cross-section to maintain the relative position of the passages in the safety device and diaphragm substantially as described.

4. The combination with a bottle having a valve-seat formed in its neck, a suitable valve and a detachable neck having a dia phragm formed integral therewith, and one or more passages to allow the liquid to pass from one side of the diaphragm to the other, of a movable safety device located between the top of the neck and the diaphragm of the nozzle, said device having zigzag passages adapted to register with the passages in the dia- 'ihragm, the outer wall of the safety device and the inner wall of the nozzle being correspondingly polygonal in cross-section to maintain the said relative position of the passages in the safety device and diaphragm, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM VON BOKERN. \Vitn esses G. J. ROLLANDET, ALFRED J. OBRIEN.

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